# Macedonia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌmæs.əˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/ · frequency rank #17,893

## Definitions
1. A geographic region in Southeast Europe in the Balkans which includes the Republic of North Macedonia, the region of Macedonia in Greece, the Pirin region of Bulgaria, and small parts of Albania and Serbia.
2. An ancient Greek kingdom in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings.
3. Former name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans.
4. A geographic region and former administrative region of Greece, comprising the regions of West Macedonia, Central Macedonia and the East Macedonia part of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace.
5. A geographic region in southwestern Bulgaria; in full, Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia.
6. A former constituent republic of Yugoslavia.
7. A former province of the Roman Empire.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía, “Macedonia”), from μακεδονία (makedonía, “highland”), from μακεδνός (makednós, “high, tall”). Doublet of macedoine.

## Easily confused with
- **Macedonian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macedonia-vs-macedonian)

## Common misspellings (12)
`amcedonia`, `maccedonia`, `macdeonia`, `maceddonia`, `macednoia`, `macedoina`, `macedonai`, `macedonnia`, `maceodnia`, `maecdonia`, `mcaedonia`, `mmacedonia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/macedonia